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• To be added to the 61 that's currently there. To be added to the $15 million.
• There were cuts to athletics to move it to the stadium. Mr.
• have access to $500 million when revenues didn't come in like they did.
• That's $300 million that you have access to. And so you're trying to plan if something happens.
• Chair, the economists effectively book it as though it is spent, so it is not accessible to you.

Bills: SB190 , HB247 , HB8

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

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• We are doing the work alongside the Commission and other federal funds to provide access to broadband
• , telehealth, access to work and workforce development.
• Access to connectivity supports workforce participation, telehealth, education, and small business growth
• there were to ensure that the students in those more rural tribal areas had access to broadband.
• those more rural tribal areas had access to broadband.

Bills: SB152 , SB145 , SB190 , HB247 , SB152 , SB145 , HB2 , SB190 , HB247

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent

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• Our state and local leaders work together to expand access to higher education and health care. the workforce
• , as well as initiatives to enhance public education, particularly regarding authority. of education
• Education to our young people.
• Helping to educate and train our workforce.
• Education is the best equalizer we have in our society.

Bills: SJR1 , SB9 , SB40 , SJR36 , SJR1 , SJR5 , SB9 , SB40 , SJR1 , SB9 , SB40 , SR62 , SR92 , SR95 , SR108 , SR110 , SR111 , SR113 , SR114 , SR117 , SR120 , SB314 , SB314

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, El Paso, economic development

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• I would go on to say that this would require each local Board of Education to adopt a policy on the use
• I was trying to go back to the... was trying to go back to the overall cost is around $10,000 per unit
• I was very amenable to that to entertain that, to allow that.
• go from 57 million to 240 to 250 million.
• The request was to increase the rate from $800 per member per month to $904, which equals an additional

Bills: HB205 , HB226 , HB234

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, exemption, tax conformity, tangible personal property, Alabama Department of Revenue, retail tax, consumer use tax, nonresident, religious publications, church magazines, Bible class materials, Sunday school materials, tax administration, indirect tax, state revenue, HB226, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax

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• But to get to my part of Huntsville, I got to drive all the way across.
• essentially delegating their responsibility to someone else, right, to go and perform that task.
• And when he was no longer the president, or if he prior to that had wanted to do something, you know,
• We thought that the appointing authority ought to go to them.
• But the goal is to have this so that we can appoint someone in those spots going back to January 1.

Bills: SB242 , SB5 , HB596 , SB5

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: codification, state law, legal revisions, Alabama code, legislative updates, archives, history, board of trustees, vacancies, government control, catfish, transportation, public waters, criminal penalties, natural resources, education, public schools, constitution amendment, national anthem, weekly broadcast

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• And in addition, the data that they had access to on the issue about who these employees might be and
• get to a place where people have more ready access to their health insurance.
• would be to ensure that they have access to valuable health insurance benefits when they are working
• We need substitutes that have access to health care, and that can help them be not only available and
• We need to know that if we're doing the work, we'll have access to health care without waiting years

Bills: HB2124 , HB2125 , HB2160 , HB2179

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: retirement, lump sum payment, financial security, pension reform, monthly benefits, retirement system, investment earnings, trust funds, public pensions, financial management, education, benefits, school employees, membership eligibility, employment, public employees, port workers, federal retirement plan, pension

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• And I also want to add, and I want to thank Madam Chair.
• So with that, I want to turn over to my colleague, Cecilia Rosacker, to talk a little about her work
• having to sell to a developer or a data center and to keep that property as it is.
• I want to be able to just mention that we're here to strengthen the goodwill...
• I want to be able to just mention that we're here to strengthen the goodwill. ...be able to just mention

Bills: HB186 , HB92 , HJM1

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Keywords: tax credit, land conservation, biodiversity, agricultural preservation, historic preservation, natural resources, open space, tax exemption, Social Security, income, retirement, financial relief, Taiwan, trade, technology, education, international relations, economic partnership, New Mexico, United States

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• So I just want to give these kids an opportunity to be able to extend the opp extend The services from
• The change allows the state board of podiatric examiners to approve medical marijuana education required
• increase access to vital healthcare services.
• The compact is designed to enhance access to athletic training services across state lines.
• If we have to add that to the bill, I'm happy to do that.

Bills: SB1806 , SB1430 , SB206 , SB1547 , SB1849 , SB1428 , SB1653 , SB1984 , SB1644 , SB1561 , SB1813 , SB1570 , SB1796

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, mental health, substance abuse, commissioner appointment, governor's authority, legislative consent, SB206, emergency medical services, EMS, ambulance, 911 response, emergency response, essential services, federal funding, grant funding, public health

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• It's going to help reduce because we're going to be able to continue our enforcement efforts to keep
• to care.
• , etc., to the agency to generate administrative rules to process that.
• Forward to members recently to vote or Change the vote. Chairs appearing to close.
• Tune in to the constitution of the House to clear the bill to have passed. Mr.

Bills: HB1411 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3901 , HCR1019 , HB3981 , HB4248 , HB3194 , HB3849 , HB4095 , HB4302 , HB3342 , HB3344 , HB3287 , HB3645 , HB3647 , HB3930 , HB3931 , HB1818 , HB4454 , HB4336

Keywords: True Grit Trail, Oklahoma, tourism, signage, Department of Transportation, state parks, historical sites, economic development, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department

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• They get to shadow other people. They get to shadow progress. They get to shadow other people.
• Recently, he launched an educational consulting business to help schools and districts understand the
• importance of aviation in K-12 education, aiming to inspire students nationwide to explore opportunities
• Recently, he launched an educational consulting business to help schools and districts understand the
• importance of aviation in K-12 education, aiming to inspire students nationwide to explore opportunities

Bills: HB1411 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3901 , HCR1019 , HB3981 , HB4248 , HB3194 , HB3849 , HB4095 , HB4302 , HB3342 , HB3344 , HB3287 , HB3645 , HB3647 , HB3930 , HB3931 , HB1818 , HB4454 , HB4336

Keywords: True Grit Trail, Oklahoma, tourism, signage, Department of Transportation, state parks, historical sites, economic development, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department

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• Compliance would require the Council to access and review documents with the Railroad Commission.
• So it's unclear to me if the council is intended to access and utilize field data from our specific projects
• Coordinating Board, to create a geothermal energy workforce education and training initiative.
• for the Department of Defense. to take off, and we need an educated workforce.
• dispose of the crude, which allows them to have access to funds without having to store large volumes

Bills: HB1647 , HB2612 , HB3125 , HB3158 , HB3240 , HB3506 , HB3516 , HB3707

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process

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• A county may establish a county jail education fund or detention center education fund to support the
• So the juvenile detention education is a district, so to speak, I guess. Is that right?
• Detention education is a district, so to speak, I guess. Is that right?
• to invest in education everywhere else.
• to invest in education everywhere else.

Bills: SB1001 , SB1035 , SB1056 , SB1065 , SB1138 , SB1161 , SB1204 , SB1207 , SB1248 , SB1274 , SB1284 , SCM1002 , SCM1006 , SCR1020

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, Arizona Department of Corrections, ADC, corrections, prison, jail, correctional officers, prison guards, staffing, retention, salary increase, pay raise, wage increase, general fund, state budget, private prisons

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• If you go to the ACES website, they've got all the information we looked at regarding prison education
• What is Mississippi paying to educate those who may be incarcerated?
• Representative Whit pointed it out about how to attract math and science educators. There's a...
• So we had to define what that shortage is and reported back that, with one exception—special education
• We need to prepare and bring back the drop program specifically for educators.

Bills: SB197 , HB140 , SB214 , HB214 , HB147 , HB270 , SB73

Committee: House Fiscal Responsibility

Keywords: business regulation, nonprofit entities, electronic filing, merger agreements, limited liability companies, partnerships, property transfer, termination fees, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates

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• to appear.
• So I'm going to ask our Vice Chairman, Representative Mooney, to lead us in prayer. >> Let's go to the
• So, uh I'm going to starting to appear.
• Senator Fig is here to explain that to us this morning.
• Senator Fig is here to explain that to us this morning.

Bills: SB42 , SB166 , SB42 , SB166

Committee: House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Keywords: abandoned roads, land ownership, government regulations, property rights, transportation, Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, municipal elections, runoff elections, majority voting, electoral procedures, local governance, campaign finance, record retention, political action committees, Fair Campaign Practices Act

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• The systems that have access to those wells can continue to operate the wells?
• to be as far as your own system to set up?
• the people, is to listen to what every one of our towns and cities says and educates us on as to how
• And to your point, they'd have to buy it.
• in state statute to enable it to happen.

Bills: SB1137 , SB1176 , SB1287 , SB1335 , SB1336 , SB1445 , SB1677

Committees: House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Keywords: underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire, locator strip, interactive positive response system, landlord duties, apartment community, mobile home park, sewer line

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• Goals. ...not placed back into positions where they have access to vulnerable individuals.
• provide access to the patient's medical records or payment records within seven calendar days.
• that way their treatment plan and whoever their medical provider is has access to this information to
• In parenting matters, the bill further provides that a parent is not entitled to equal access to a child
• he was legally entitled to access.

Bills: HB2495 , HB2557 , HB2594 , HB2615 , HB2800 , HB2861 , HB2862 , HB2931 , HB2995 , HB4042 , HB4070 , HB4117 , HB4136

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: vulnerable adults, sentencing, felonies, criminal justice, enhanced penalties, medical records, patient rights, healthcare access, privacy, healthcare providers, timeliness, address confidentiality, domestic violence, privacy protection, voter registration, court proceedings, parenting time, supervised visitation, family court, high-risk cases

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• able to have access to that and opportunity.
• This bill provides an opportunity for people to access these educational opportunities by allowing CTC
• Free public transportation empowers rural students, giving them access not only to education, but also
• Free public transportation empowers rural students giving them access not only to education, but also
• to jobs. students giving them access not only to education, but also to jobs, shopping, and volunteering

Bills: SB6252 , SB6265 , SB6081

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: transit support grant, free transit, fare-free transit, zero-fare policy, community college students, technical college students, public transportation, youth transit, student transportation, Washington State, Department of Transportation, local sales tax, voter-approved sales tax, equity, environmental justice, low-barrier access, bus pass, rail transit, public transit agency, transit agency grants

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• , and therefore... ...might be allowed to have access to purchase a lot.
• What's not clear is whether investors actually own the land. ...or just have access to it to build on
• the opportunity to, number one, educate the public agency about the labor, and number two, if there's
• Lady Justice's blindfold represents a sacred promise that law applies to equal rights.
• On the same vein, it might make sense to consider the Higher Education Coordinating Board, just thinking

Bills: HB842 , HB1907 , HB2844 , HB2892 , HB3439 , HB4211 , HB4536 , HB5111 , HB5138 , HB5182 , HB5247 , HB5269 , HB5323 , HB5435 , HJR201 , SB871 , HB3896 , SJR40

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: power lines, Gulf Coast, weather-related outages, Public Utility Commission, infrastructure, government contracts, Chinese companies, information technology, cybersecurity, state regulations, food safety, mobile vendors, licensing, permitting exemptions, health inspections, nonprofit organizations, personal information, government disclosure, privacy, criminal penalties

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• Houston, while empowering rural trucks to access bigger markets.
• Smaller and rural communities would also gain greater access to diverse food options if trucks could
• to borrow the money to do this.
• Us being added to this bill, we would be able to go to the assistant...
• This guy had access to kids at the Children's Hospital of San Antonio.

Bills: HB842 , HB1907 , HB2844 , HB2892 , HB3439 , HB4211 , HB4536 , HB5111 , HB5138 , HB5182 , HB5247 , HB5269 , HB5323 , HB5435 , HJR201 , SB871 , HB3896 , SJR40

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: power lines, Gulf Coast, weather-related outages, Public Utility Commission, infrastructure, government contracts, Chinese companies, information technology, cybersecurity, state regulations, food safety, mobile vendors, licensing, permitting exemptions, health inspections, nonprofit organizations, personal information, government disclosure, privacy, criminal penalties

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• Really can't expect voters waiting up to two hours in line not to have access to their family, spoken
• education on Texans' right to vote.
• Requiring citizens to pay to access their required documents is, by any definition, a poll tax.
• Requiring citizens to pay to access their required documents is, by any definition, a poll tax, which
• This reinforces voter education and access by helping individuals who struggle to present proper ID understand

Bills: HB1968 , HB2279 , HB2739 , HB2803 , HB3909 , HB3918 , HB4253 , HB4475 , HB5115 , HB5430

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: election services, contracting, political subdivisions, county elections, election code, voter registration, citizenship status, election law, cancellation, disqualification, Texas Election Code, voter identification, registration, election integrity, identification documents, election, watcher, polling place, removal, Texas Elections Code

Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.